HYPE! Film & (The Motion Picture Soundtrack) Album (1996)

Hype! is a documentary directed by Doug Pray about the popularity of Grunge rock in the early 90s in United States. It was released on November 8, 1996. Hype! incorporates interviews and rare concert footage to trace the development of the grunge scene from its early beginning in neighborhood basements to its emergence as an explosive pop culture phenomenon. Hype! attempts to dispel some of the myths of the genre promulgated by media hype by depicting the grunge subculture from the point of view of people who were active in the scene. The film generally portrays this mythos in a satirical way while acknowledging that it was media hype that helped propel some of these obscure bands to fame.

Hype! includes interviews and performances from bands (primarily oriented with the Sub Pop Records axis) such as TAD, Blood Circus, Mudhoney, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Coffin Break, The Gits, Love Battery, Flop, The Melvins, Some Velvet Sidewalk, Mono Men, Supersuckers, Zipgun, Seaweed, Pearl Jam, 7 Year Bitch, Hovercraft, Gas Huffer, and Fastbacks. It also features interviews with band manager Susan Silver, record producers Jack Endino and Steve Fisk, and photographer Charles Peterson. Along with the DVD that comes with Nirvana‘s With the Lights Out, it is one of the few films to contain video footage of Nirvana’s first performance of their breakthrough hit, Smells Like Teen Spirit.
In the film, Seattle producer engineer Jack Endino is humorously referred to as (the godfather of grunge).

Tracklist:

1. Fastbacks (K Street) (Live)
2. Wipers (Return Of The Rat)
3. U-Men (2)– (Dig It A Hole)
4. Green River– (Swallow My Pride (Unrel. Demo)
5. Soundgarden– (Nothing To Say
6. Mudhoney– (Touch Me I’m Sick (Live)
7. Nirvana– (Negative Creep
8. Some Velvet Sidewalk– (Mousetrap (Live)
9. Dead Moon– (54/40 (Live)
10. Girl Trouble– (My Hometown
11. Tad (Giant Killer
12. Gas Huffer– Hotcakes (7″ Version)
13. Young Fresh Fellows– Low Beat
14. Supersuckers– I Say Fuck (Live)
15. 7 Year Bitch– Knot (Live)
16. The Gits (2)– Second Skin (Live)
17. Flop– Julie Francavilla (Unrel. Demo)
18. Posies*– Throwaway (Live)
19. Pearl Jam– Not For You (Live On Radio)
20. Mark Lanegan– The River Rise
21. Pigeonhed– Fire’s Coming Down
22. Fastbacks– Just Say
23. Sara DeBell– Smells Like Teen Spirit